Washington | 1 day ago
Final brigade of US combat troops leaves Iraq
Washington, Aug 19 - The final US combat troops departed Iraq early Thursday, ahead of schedule to complete a key phase of President Barack Obama's plan to withdraw, US media reported.An NBC television correspondent embedded with the US Army's 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, reported the troops began crossing the border into Kuwait at 1:30 a.m. -. The US military kept the departure under wraps un ... read more

Washington | 1 month ago
Larry King to end CNN talk show after 25 years
Washington, June 30 - US talk show icon Larry King is to end his CNN television programme after 25 years, he announced Tuesday.The 76-year-old host of Larry King Live said in a statement that the show would end this autumn. He still plans to host occasional specials for the broadcaster. 'Now, decades later, I talked to the guys here at CNN and I told them I would like to end Larry King Live, the n ... read more

London | 1 month ago
YouTube adds vuvuzela button to Obama, Cameron clips
London, June 27 - Popular video-sharing website YouTube has now added a button that plays the high-decibel buzzing sound of a vuvuzela along with video clips featuring US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron.The button appears in the shape of a football on the bottom right hand corner. It allows fans of the 'controversial' African plastic trumpet to overlay its sound on ... read more

Washington | 2 months ago
Al Qaeda number three killed on Afghan-Pakistan border
Washington, June 1 - A senior figure in the Al Qaeda terror network has been killed in Pakistan's border area with Afghanistan, a media report said.An unnamed US official said Mustafa Abu al-Yazid was killed in a drone airstrike last week, the US broadcaster MSNBC reported late Monday. A statement purporting to come from the terrorist group appeared on Islamist websites confirming the death but ga ... read more

New York | 3 months ago
Resume of Times Square bomber says he is 'result-oriented'
New York, May 6 - Pakistani American Faisal Shahzad, whose attempted car-bombing of Times Square and escape from the US was fortuitously foiled, wanted to 'work in a high-energy and challenging' environment, says his resume.Shahzad's resume, accessed by MSNBC, states his objective as wanting to 'work in a high-energy and challenging business environment that will promote professional and personal ... read more

Chicago | 4 months ago
Obama's 'directive' should be no surprise to India
Chicago, April 6 - It is hardly surprising that the Obama administration is reportedly stepping up pressure on India to resolve bilateral issues with Pakistan in order to better handle Afghanistan.The Wall Street Journal reported that President Barack Obama issued a 'secret directive in December to intensify American diplomacy aimed at easing tensions between India and Pakistan, asserting that wit ... read more

Washington | 4 months ago
Barack Obama makes surprise visit to Afghanistan
Washington, March 28 - US President Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan Sunday on his first visit to the country since taking office, a media report said.He is expected to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai and address US troops during the trip, MSNBC reported. In December, Obama ordered the deployment of an extra 30,000 US troops to Afghanistan. Obama had travelled to Afghanistan during his cam ... read more

Washington | 5 months ago
Sanjay Gupta named WEF's Young Global Leader
Washington, March 4 - Sanjay Gupta, an Indian American senior executive, has been chosen by the World Economic Forum for its 2010 class of Young Global Leaders.Gupta, a second-generation Indian American, is the senior vice president and advisor to the executive chairman of Abraxis BioScience, a leading pharmaceutical and health-care innovator based in the US with offices throughout the world. Comm ... read more

6 months ago
Suicidal pilot crashes plane in US tax office
Austin -, Feb 19 - A single-engine private plane, reportedly flown by a suicidal pilot, crashed here Thursday into a seven-storey building complex housing the offices of the Internal Revenue Service - injuring two people, media reports said.The pilot was killed while two people were injured and one person was unaccounted for in the crash that federal officials said they had no reason to suspect wa ... read more

Washington | 6 months ago
Indian professor killed in Alabama shooting; colleague charged
Washington, Feb 13 - An Indian American professor was among three faculty members killed in a shooting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville by a fellow professor apparently miffed at being denied tenure.Gopi Podila, chairman of the biological sciences department, and two other biology faculty members were shot dead in a third floor conference room and three others were wounded in the inciden ... read more